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The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… nature of the liberation struggle in South Africa. On the one hand, there was the emergence of progressive independent …
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… and organise. That is strategy. We cannot achieve all over one night. There are other means by which we can make our …
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… a war footing. The question of whether to join the war was one of the most divisive issues to have emerged within the …
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… minority ethnic groups in Uganda. Obote then instituted one-party rule. This, however, failed to unify Ugandans. In …
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. One hundred years on, it is an opportune moment for …
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… is the subject status of the exploited races. As long as one section of the working class acquiesces or participates …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the President’s Cup 2003 Fancourt 20 November 2003
… to all of you. Today, 20 November, is the birthday of one of South Africa’s golfing heroes, Bobby Locke. In 1946, …
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… seven provinces attending, we are going to publicise this one next week.” Mayekiso said the “Fort Hare congress is …
PlaceRiverside Mosque and Mausoleum, Umgeni, Durban
… in the 1930’s with the help of the community especially one Baseerun, wife of Busawan Mia of Sea Cow Lake. Minor …
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… we have left our relations from India, and we have no one to look for protection, and so we consider that your …
Introduction
… They were not completely 'dogs without mouths', as one put it. Indian labourers in the employ of the Durban …
Education for Service
… 1. to bring about an undivided South Africa with one nation sharing a common citizenship, patriotism and …
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… Baartman Centre for Women and Children (SBCWC ) is a one-stop Centre for Women and Children who are Survivors of …
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… ridge ... The present town consists of a few streets, one of which is spacious, and serves as a market-place. The … my arrival a population of six thousand…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… The newspapers have christened the Nationalists' plan as one for "Bantustans". The hybrid word is, in many ways, … national group In the national unit,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… of our membership. We wish you all a successful new year, one which should see our country take resolute steps forward … constitution should be adopted,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… the similarities in our history and the need to learn from one another. Although we share a lot in terms of the history … This leadership knew and still…
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
… of equal worth whatever the colour, race or creed of any one of them. This kind of South Africa is the precise goal of … of a recently published book on…
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
… in the Province. Though Indians contributed between one-fifth and one-sixth of the Provincial revenue, the Province had not … for at least ten years catering…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… deteriorating economy, not to mention the revelation of. one scandal after another involving government has given rise … country. The ANC and the NP. The…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 24 - E. R. Roux, … under tribal conditions. Primitive…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… as an organized movement. They create six new plays in one year. 4 March, South African Rubber Manufacturing Company … Trade Union and Cultural Centre. It is…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… failure. They all floundered like a house of straws one after the other. The Bantustan system never had roots in … concept of strategic initiative. This is…
PlaceRondevlei Nature Reserve
… and a huge lagoon. Despite being in the middle of a city, one feels as though one has escaped. So do the birds, as around 230 bird species … It is also home…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise than millions that are … As such, we should all agree that the…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… enormity of the challenges we face. As the saying goes, one falling tree makes more noise than millions that are … As such, we should all agree that the…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… before Ndleni’s death. In the second phase of strikes, one person was killed by the police. During protests in De … suspension of the strike; however they…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… first satyagrahi, Ramsundar Pandit, who is sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Indians declare hartal in … are assaulted by the police. Shapurji is…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… points in Soweto to John Vorster Square Police Station. One group of students was stopped by a police cordon outside … 16 June 1979, two parallel services…
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… meet to discuss the possible outcome of the case. This is one of the central features of the Court: the judges act … meet to discuss the possible outcome of…